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Monday, April 6, 2026
TopicTerritorial Army

Topic: Territorial Army

Centre empowers Army Chief to mobilise Territorial Army at will, but what is it

The three-yearly notification is standard procedure but is now in focus after cross-border tensions. Dhoni, Kapil Dev and Mohanlal among famous names linked to Territorial Army.

Territorial Army inducts Mandarin experts, in ‘advanced stage’ to rope in cyber experts

Unit of Indian Army, TA is taking help of Mandarin experts to act as interpreters during India-China border personnel meetings, also plans to appoint ‘at least six cyber experts’.

A look at the Territorial Army — The Indian military’s task force hit by the Manipur landslide

The Territorial Army, a part-time military organisation for Indians who may have other jobs, is essentially a volunteer force that can be quickly mobilised in the defence of a state.

Territorial Army set for overhaul as voluntary force gets its first director general

Lt Gen D.P. Pandey takes over as the first director general as plans are afoot to engage the Territorial Army in better operational and intelligence roles.  

Army veterans upset with MoS Anurag Thakur’s speech as he’s a TA officer, one of their own

During Delhi election campaign, BJP's Anurag Thakur had said 'desh ke gaddaron ko...' while referring to anti-CAA protestors. The crowd had yelled back 'goli maaro saalon ko'.

Dhoni to patrol, perform guard duty & stay with his battalion in Kashmir from 31 July

Dhoni had announced his unavailability for the Indian team's tour to the West Indies, informing BCCI about his training with the Army.

This is the Spl Forces battalion Dhoni is headed for in J&K, here’s how Territorial Army works

TA consists of volunteers who commit two months a year to military service & is trained & armed just like regular Army regiments.

On Camera

Naxalism was on decline under Manmohan Singh. Modi govt moved in at the time of consolidation

In 2005, under the UPA’s watch, Chhattisgarh launched Salwa Judum. The state gave assault rifles to Adivasi boys and pushed them into battle against their own brethren.

Saudi Arabia raises price of main oil grade to Asia to a record high premium

Saudi Aramco will increase flagship Arab Light crude prices for May sales to a premium of $19.50 over regional benchmarks for refiners in Asia, still less than what traders anticipated.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.